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frankly's avatar
frankly
Frequent Visitor
3 years ago

Row differences using DAX (PowerBI)

¿What would be the simplest DAX formula in PowerBI to calculate row differences?

 

I tried using EARLIER() but it cannot handle the operation at the limit (missing data):

EARLIER/EARLIEST refers to an earlier row context which doesn't exist.

 

rowvaluediff(value)?
15 
21-4
365
471
53-4
630
71-2
810
987

 

 

4 Replies

  • Hey frankly,

     

    i was able to do it with SWITCH and LOOKUPVALUE.
    Maybe there's a more elegant way.

    formula = SWITCH(TRUE(),Tabelle[row]=1,BLANK(),(LOOKUPVALUE(Tabelle[value],Tabelle[row],Tabelle[row]-1)-Tabelle[value])*-1)

    Kind Regards

     

    Björn

  • ERD's avatar
    ERD
    Community Champion

    Hi frankly ,

    You can try this measure:

     

    diff =
    VAR _current_row = SELECTEDVALUE ( Table_[row] )
    VAR _current_value = SELECTEDVALUE ( Table_[value] )
    VAR _prev_row = MAXX ( FILTER ( ALL ( Table_[row] ), Table_[row] < _current_row ), Table_[row] )
    VAR _prev_value = MAXX ( FILTER ( ALL ( Table_ ), Table_[row] = _prev_row ), Table_[value] )
    RETURN
        IF ( NOT ISBLANK ( _prev_value ), _current_value - _prev_value )

     

    +

    For the calculated coumn:

    Column =
    VAR _current_row = Table_[row]
    VAR _current_value = Table_[value]
    VAR _prev_row = MAXX ( FILTER ( VALUES ( Table_[row] ), Table_[row] < _current_row ), Table_[row] )
    VAR _prev_value = MAXX ( FILTER ( Table_, Table_[row] = _prev_row ), Table_[value] )
    RETURN
        IF ( NOT ISBLANK ( _prev_value ), _current_value - _prev_value )

     

  • rubayatyasmin's avatar
    rubayatyasmin
    Community Champion

    Hi, BjoernSchaefer 

     

    try this

     

    Difference =
    CALCULATE(
    SUM('Data'[value]),
    FILTER(
    ALL('Data'),
    'Data'[row] = EARLIER('Data'[row]) - 1
    )
    ) - 'Data'[value]

     

    the code will only work if your row column has unique value. If not then create an index column starting from 0. 

     

    If you have missing values in your value column then try this: make sure you have an index column starting from0

     

    Difference =
    LOOKUPVALUE (
    Data[value],
    Data[Index],
    Data[Index] - 1,
    BLANK ()
    ) - Data[value]

     

     

     

    this thread might help:

     

    Solved: I need output like this by using measure ( calcula... - Microsoft Fabric Community

     

     

    • rubayatyasmin's avatar
      rubayatyasmin
      Community Champion

      frankly Or you can use IF statememnt:

       

      Difference =
      IF(
      Tabelle[row] = 1,
      BLANK(),
      (LOOKUPVALUE(Tabelle[value], Tabelle[row], Tabelle[row] - 1) - Tabelle[value]) * -1
      )